Bruce Lee's body was personally escorted to Seattle by Wing Chun Titan Wong Chun-leung and others, after the plane departed from Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong's major cinema lines began to work on the Chinese version of "Dragon Fight" release plan, at this time there are still six days before the Spring Festival, because Bruce Lee's sudden death was full of doubts, all Hong Kong citizens in order to commemorate the international superstar silently entered the theater to watch. 【】

After learning of Bruce Lee's death, they have been discharged from theaters one after another, arranging the release of "Enter the Dragon" in the fastest possible time, and mourning the Asian hero Bruce Lee in various ways.

The film began to play on the morning of January 27, that is, the day after Bruce Lee's body left Hong Kong, no one would accuse Wang Xiaohu of being so anxious with a clear conscience, in fact, they were more anxious than anyone else, they were eager to see Bruce Lee's posthumous work.

The opening of the Chinese version of "Dragon Fight" begins like this: "I would like to mourn the generation of martial artist and film and television superstar Mr. Bruce Lee with this film." The subtitles, followed by the Tai Chi Yin and Yang pattern, which symbolizes both the Jeet Kune Do logo and the Concord Film Company, slowly rolled.

The theme of the film is very different from the English version, in the editing method and dubbing dialogue, it is carried out according to the taste of Hong Kong citizens, the theater is quiet, the audience is silent watching the film, when Bruce Lee jumped up to kill Ogarda with a grief-stricken expression, everyone should have jumped up and applauded, but no one did it, on the contrary, most of the audience bowed their heads and wept, because they thought of Bruce Lee, who had just died

"Master, yesterday's box office statistics came out, a total of 80 medium-sized theaters in Hong Kong, 10 large theaters released "Enter the Dragon", a total of 1.38 million box office, and the box office results in Southeast Asia may not be sent until tonight." Li Shaonan knocked on the door of the office with the box office statistics sheet and reported to Wang Xiaohu, he knew that the master was in a bad mood, and said that his voice was very cautious, very light but very clear.

Wang Xiaohu nodded, the box office performance of the first night of the release can exceed 1 million, which is absolutely unique since the opening of Hong Kong, no one knows better than himself that the box office results of "Enter the Dragon" in the previous life were very dismal, yes, it only ended with 3.3 million, and directly lost to "Seventy-two Tenants" produced by Shaw Brothers All-Stars.

Maybe it is the film that will be released within ten days of Bruce Lee's death that will achieve such a good box office, everything may be a coincidence, but Wang Xiaohu would rather not want this coincidence.

"You go down first." Wang Xiaohu said lightly, without the slightest surprise, "By the way, call Brother Ping and Sanmao to me." ”

After a while, Yuan Heping and Sammo Hung knocked on the door and came in.

"Sit casually." After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he took out two shooting plans, and after sending them to the two of them, he said: "This is the shooting plan you submitted before I left Hong Kong, there are many problems in it, and now I have revised it, you can take it back and take a good look, if there are no problems, you will prepare for filming after the year." ”

Sammo Hung is holding "The Loser", Yuan Heping is holding "Serpentine Trickster", they opened the shooting plan and found that it was densely annotated with small characters, from the script, actors, staff, shooting funds, props, almost every item has been modified, and there are also precautions.

Sammo Hung and Yuan Heping glanced at each other, and then their faces turned red. They have been filming with Wang Xiaohu for nearly a year, and they originally thought that what they had learned was the most among their peers, but they knew that the plan written after a few days and nights was still revised "beyond recognition", they felt ashamed of Wang Xiaohu's hand-in-hand teaching in the past year.

Wang Xiaohu saw the meaning of their expressions, and said: "Don't have any psychological burden, since I let you each be in charge of the new film, I fully trust you." After speaking, he sighed: "Originally, I and Brother Xiaolong were the producers separately, but now I am the only one who is busy with my own work, hey." ”

"Ah Hu, don't worry, we will do it well." Seeing this, Sammo Hung hurriedly issued a military order: "If this "Loser" can't get 5 million box office, my Sanmao's brain will be cut off and let you kick it as a ball." ”

"Hehe, don't say these unlucky words, as long as you grasp the main points of my revised shooting plan and firmly remember the four words of kung fu comedy, it's strange that the box office doesn't reach 5 million!" Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile.

"Brother Xiaolong's personal hero era has passed, and now there will be a short-term hero vacuum in Hong Kong films, and I think Europe and the United States and Golden Harvest will start a plan to find 'Bruce Lee II' in Asia in the near future." Wang Xiaohu got up from his seat, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, pointed to the high-rise buildings outside the window and said, "Can you imagine what the situation was like?" ”

Yuan Heping and Sammo Hung both shook their heads blankly and said, "I don't know." ”

"As long as you look a bit like Bruce Lee, you may be caught by their scouts when you walk on the street, and then throw you a long-term contract without saying a word: come, let's sign a contract!" Wang Xiaohu said in a sarcastic tone: "This is their exaggerated approach, when Brother Xiaolong was still alive, they didn't dare to do it, but now that Brother Xiaolong is gone, there will be Liang Xiaolong, Lu Xiaolong, or Zhu Xiaolong, Hou Xiaolong one after another!" ”

"Isn't it! Then we should sign them in advance! Yuan Heping stared at him with big eyes and said anxiously: "If we let others act first, won't we lose the opportunity?" ”

"Brother Ping, don't you understand what I mean?" Wang Xiaohu turned his head, and said in a slightly angry tone: "I asked you to start the kung fu comedy plan immediately, that is, I don't want our Concord Company to live in the shadow of Brother Xiaolong in the future, although the trump card of our company is Brother Xiaolong, but he is already gone!" Have you heard the story of East and West? Let me ask you, if we hold on to Brother Xiaolong's old instinct and gnaw for a few years? A year, well, two years, or even longer, but what about later? ”

Yuan Heping immediately closed his mouth and nodded to indicate that he knew.

Wang Xiaohu sighed, sat on the sofa again, and said with some sighs: "So we should never follow the pace of others, otherwise you will never learn anything, and you will never be able to occupy the market share. ”

Bruce Lee left, Hong Kong movies immediately fell into a period of dark groping, Wang Xiaohu's words were like a light in the dark, so that the lost people gradually found a sense of direction, Yuan Heping and Sammo Hung sat there obediently and listened to Wang Xiaohu's lecture, the content of the lecture was unceremonious, although they may not be able to understand the meaning now, but they know that as long as they follow Wang Xiaohu's buttocks, they will not lose their way, they will always walk in front of others.

"Go back and hand me the martial arts action design of the new film, you can discuss with each other and motivate each other to learn, which is of great benefit to you, this is your directorial debut, you should know the weight!"

The two silently exited the office, Wang Xiaohu sat there alone looking at the ceiling, and after a long time, he sighed again, stroking the white hair on his head, the smile on his face was so bitter, so helpless.

Huang Chunliang's phone called, he had safely transported Bruce Lee's body to the Seattle airport, only Bruce Lee's wife Linda and mother He Jintang came to the airport to pick up the airport, Huang Chunliang on the other end of the phone with a worried face, and said with great emotion: "There are only two widowed mothers-in-law, what a pitiful!" ”

Huang Chunliang was informed by phone that Bruce Lee's funeral was held at the Pythawoods Funeral Home on East Pine Street in Seattle. Dozens of fans spontaneously came, and about 100 relatives, friends and colleagues mourned Bruce Lee. Most of them had arrived from Los Angeles, thousands of kilometers away, to the comfort of the grieving Linda.

Compared to the bustle and grandeur of Hong Kong's funerals, it is much more tranquil. Jing is another aspect of Bruce Lee's surname. He had a great desire for a quiet Zen life to escape the chaos of the world. Now that he's finally back in Seattle, he's finally able to calm down – he probably wouldn't be hoping for this format, but it's happening.

Bruce Lee's grave is on the green hillside of the cemetery, and the tombstone overlooks the scenic Lake Washington in a quiet setting.

"Lin Da gave a final eulogy when Xiaolong was buried, saying, 'When Xiaolong was alive, he created something every day, and his life at the age of 32 was full.'" Huang Chunliang's voice did not carry any emotion, but Wang Xiaohu listened to it with mixed feelings.

"Who else attended the funeral?" Wang Xiaohu asked after a long time.

"Takeyuki Kimura, Irusandu, Stephen. McQueen, Abdul-Jabbar, James. Cobain, Titus Yin, Winterdur, and Warner President Ted Easley, basically all those who have a relationship with Xiaolong have come over. Huang Chunliang said: "Xiaohu, you should rest assured now, Xiaolong has fallen to the ground, listen to Uncle Shi's words, there are some things that should not be pursued again!" ”

"Uncle Shi, what are you referring to?"

"It's the cause of Xiaolong's death, I don't think the underground Xiaolong wants you to continue to run around for this matter, you are his brother, you won't let him go and accept other people's accusations, right?"

"Uncle" Wang Xiaohu's hand holding the phone began to tremble: "If I don't know the real reason for Brother Xiaolong's death, I will have trouble sleeping for the rest of my life." ”

Huang Chunliang sighed and said, "Hey! What if you know? ”

Wang Xiaohu gritted his teeth and said: "If I find out who killed Brother Xiaolong, I will break him into pieces!" ”

"Why should you? The child listens to the teacher's advice, and the matter ends here! Huang Chunliang said bitterly: "I have experienced three funerals in the past month, there are Master's, Yan Jinghai's, and Xiaolong's, there will always be a day when people die, no matter how he leaves, he is no longer alive, why do you bother to worry about it?" ”

Wang Xiaohu's voice was a little excited: "But Shigong and Yan Jinghai died of natural causes, but Brother Xiaolong died unexplained, he was killed by someone!" I hated myself for being so sleepy, and if I had woken up a little more, maybe it wouldn't have happened! ”

"Do you have any evidence that Xiaolong was killed?"

"I'll check!"

"Chachachacha! What can you do if you check it out, will Xiaolong come back from the dead! Huang Chunliang was also anxious on the other end of the phone!

Silence, both sides remained silent, and after a long time, Huang Chunliang sighed heavily and said: "Xiaohu, you still have a great future, you can't delay for Xiaolong's affairs for the rest of your life, you have more than a thousand brothers to work hard with you, you don't think about yourself, you have to think about them, right?" ”

Huang Chunliang was not so much comforting as begging, and when he said this, he couldn't cry on the other end of the phone, and the whole person seemed to be a lot older.

"Uncle Shi, I'm not reconciled!" Wang Xiaohu gritted his teeth, tears fell on the desk, no one in this world can know how much he has paid to save Bruce Lee, and no one can understand the huge frustration brought by falling short.

"Uncle Shi can understand your feelings. The most outstanding disciples in the Wing Chun sect are all from Xiaolong, now that Jing Hai is gone, I don't want to see you leave, you have only been married for a short time, I don't want to see Ah Chi widowed so young, sometimes you can't be too selfish, you always have to think about others. ”

Huang Chunliang also burst into tears when he said this, and said in a choked voice: "Xiaohu, uncle, please beg you, stop it!" Do you have to live in the shadow of the dragon for the rest of your life, so what is the difference between your life and that of a machine? When you have a child, can you take into account the child's feelings? ”

Wang Xiaohu didn't speak on the other end of the phone, he closed his eyes and thought about Huang Chunliang's words, and after a long time, he said with difficulty: "Uncle Shi, I know what I should do." ”

"Good, good! You just agree, don't meddle in the investigation of the cause of Xiaolong's death in the future, just let me, Deng Sheng, and the uncle and uncle of Wing Chun Gate do it, you have to take over Xiaolong's mantle well, and then carry it forward! ”

"Okay! I promise you! ”

Huang Chunliang hung up the phone and walked out of the phone booth, and said to the person who had been waiting in the car not far away: "You still know him, this kid is too stubborn." ”

"He agreed?"

"Promised!" Huang Chunliang shook his head and got into the car, wiped the tears on his face and said: "Don't look for me to do such things in the future, I am already old and can't stand too many joys and sorrows." ”

"I know, I hope he can really listen, otherwise Xiaolong won't be at ease"

Almost all Hong Kong filmmakers have this idea: Concord has lost its soul Bruce Lee, and will continue to gnaw on the old book for a few years under the banner of Bruce Lee, and then announce his withdrawal from the film industry when Jiang Lang is finished, so some people with intentions immediately started activities, ready to dig up several potential stocks of Concord, and the first to be poached was Yuan Biao.

(To be continued)